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Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
Health
The Green Party’s success in English local elections has put fresh impetus behind efforts to follow Scotland in providing safer drug consumption facilities to addicts. Matilda Martin investigates
Dame Sally Powell's Campaign For Free Home Care, In Memory Of Iain Coleman
Health
Dame Sally Powell's Campaign For Free Home Care, In Memory Of Iain Coleman
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
Health
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
MPs Vote Down Assisted Dying Bill
Health
MPs Vote Down Assisted Dying Bill
How Burnham Plans To Win Cross-Party Agreement On Social Care
Health
How Burnham Plans To Win Cross-Party Agreement On Social Care
The Rundown Podcast: Samantha Niblett Wants To Shift The Overton Window On Sex
Health
The Rundown Podcast: Samantha Niblett Wants To Shift The Overton Window On Sex
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Health
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
Opinion
Fracture prevention cannot remain a postcode lottery – ministers must deliver on their promise
Health
By Baroness Hayter
Fracture prevention cannot remain a postcode lottery – ministers must deliver on their promise
Plastic exposure is fast becoming another social determinant of child health
Health
By Baroness Boycott and Dr Ian Sinha
Plastic exposure is fast becoming another social determinant of child health
Get private equity out and put co-operatives at the heart of the new National Care Service
Health
By Jack Abbott MP
Get private equity out and put co-operatives at the heart of the new National Care Service
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Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Political parties
PM Says Government Plans To Remove Standing Charges From Energy Bills
PM Says Government Plans To Remove Standing Charges From Energy Bills
Energy
Green Party Explores Ways To Revisit Zionism Motion Ahead Of Spring Conference
Green Party Explores Ways To Revisit Zionism Motion Ahead Of Spring Conference
Political parties
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
By Luke Tryl
Political parties
Former Starmerite Ministers Push For Pro-Business Budget Policies
Former Starmerite Ministers Push For Pro-Business Budget Policies
Economy
Burnham must not seek to reverse Brexit – that won't fix Britain's problems
Burnham must not seek to reverse Brexit – that won't fix Britain's problems
By Jon Trickett MP
Brexit
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National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Health
National Maternity Adviser Michelle Welsh: “We Are Not Waiting For More Babies To Die”
Labour MP Michelle Welsh has just been appointed the government’s first national maternity adviser. She tells Sienna Rodgers about her personal experience of birth trauma and why she’s fighting for all mums and babies to be better treated by our maternity services
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Health
Inside The Wes Streeting Operation At DHSC: “He's Political Up To His Eyeballs”
Is Wes Streeting a details man? What do his days look like? Who does he delegate to? Sienna Rodgers and Zoe Crowther explore how the Health Secretary runs his department
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Health
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Amid the persistent will-he-won’t-he speculation over Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions, Tom Scotson and Sienna Rodgers talk to the Labour MPs applying pressure on the Health Secretary over the divisive puberty blockers trial
Health & Care news
'It is time to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes'
Health
By Baroness Hamwee
'It is time to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes'
The Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Home Affairs, Baroness Hamwee, argues that the Government missed an opportunity to reclassify cannabis for medical purposes as part of the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
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Health
By Independent Age
Social care - plans to delay £72,000 care cap - response from Independent Age
In response to the announcement from the Department of Health that it is delaying plans to introduce a 72,000 cap on social care costs until April 2020, Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Independent Age, the Older Peoples charity said:
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Health
By Saga
Government delay of care caps is 'a bitter disappointment' - Saga
Commenting on the Governments' decision to delay care cost caps,Alex Edmans, Head of Retirement for Saga said:
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Health
By Carers Trust
Delay to care charges is the 'right thing to do'
Dr Moira Fraser, Director of Policy and Research for Carers Trust, responded to today's announcementthat elderly care caps would be delayed, saying:
Pure, white and deadly - the tip of the iceberg? Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Pure, white and deadly - the tip of the iceberg?
SACN's recommendations on free sugars are welcome even if they are 40 years overdue, says the British Association for AppliedNutrition and NutritionalTherapy (BANT).
Leaping into action: how to support children with challenging behaviour Partner content
Health
By Chance UK
Leaping into action: how to support children with challenging behaviour
Chance UK’s National Development Manager Orli Gorenski tells PoliticsHome what inspired the charity’s ‘Leap’ campaign and how a mentor can transform a child’s life 
Parliament’s football team presents cancer charity with 10k Partner content
Health
By Prostate Cancer UK
Parliament’s football team presents cancer charity with 10k
This week, the fight against prostate cancer was given a boost when £10,000 was donated to the cause at a football match in which parliamentarians took on a leading charity.
Partner content
Health
By Unite
Unite comments on the delivery of a seven-day NHS.
Unite statement on the report from the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) and the Office of Manpower Economics on the delivery of a seven-day NHS.
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Health
By University of Exeter
Large-scale trial will assess effectiveness of teaching mindfulness in UK schools
A major Wellcome Trust study to assess whether mindfulness training for teenagers can improve their mental health launches today.
UK lacks infrastructure to make lifesaving blood cancer breakthroughs – new report Partner content
Health
By Anthony Nolan
UK lacks infrastructure to make lifesaving blood cancer breakthroughs – new report
Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan warns that there is ‘no time to waste’ as new report reveals medical research in the UK must be accelerated.  
Learning from Victorian London to solve the global sanitation crisis Partner content
Health
By WaterAid
Learning from Victorian London to solve the global sanitation crisis
Sir William Cash MP, Chairman of the APPG on Sanitation and Water in the Third World, writes on the important history of the UK’s sewerage system and what it can teach us about creating a healthy, prosperous world.
Sugar tax? Health economics demands ALL unhealthy foods be VATable Partner content
Health
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Sugar tax? Health economics demands ALL unhealthy foods be VATable
The British Association for AppliedNutrition and Nutritional Therapy says a tax on all unhealthy food would disincentives consumption and 'providetax receipts towards health care expenditure'.
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Health
By Bloodwise
A response to the latest cancer statistics for England
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the latest Cancer Registration Statistics on patients diagnosed with cancer in England in 2013.
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Health
By Medical Defence Union
VIDEO: How to make compensation for injured patients fair
Dr Christine Tomkins, chief executive of the MDU discusses the campaign to make compensation for injured patients fair.
Seeing clearly: Charity warns of ‘overwhelming’ increase in blindness Partner content
Health
By Macular Society
Seeing clearly: Charity warns of ‘overwhelming’ increase in blindness
The Chief Executive of the Macular Society, Cathy Yelf, describes the personal, social and financial costs of macular degeneration  
Red Cross warns of ‘statutory confusion’ over short-term wheelchair access Partner content
Health
By British Red Cross
Red Cross warns of ‘statutory confusion’ over short-term wheelchair access
On Monday the British Red Cross launched a new report analysing the need for short-term wheelchair loans in England, at an event in parliament. 
Reducing the Benefit Cap undermines Osbornes' pledge to protect vital benefits Partner content
Health
By Carers Trust
Reducing the Benefit Cap undermines Osbornes' pledge to protect vital benefits
In response to the Chancellor's announcements in the Budget, Gail Scott-Spicer, Chief Executive of Carers Trust, said:
Partner content
Health
By Save the Children
New Supporter Promise launched as impact reaches record high
Save the Children has today unveiled new safeguards to ensure its supporters have greater control over how they give to the charity and are not aggressively targeted
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Health
By Home-Start
Protect spending on family support, chancellor urged
Leading family support charity, Home-Start UK, has urged George Osborne to protect spending on family support and early intervention when he gives his budget on Wednesday 8 July.
Providing protective care to people unable to consent to treatment Partner content
Health
By Law Commission
Providing protective care to people unable to consent to treatment
In a consultation opening today the Law Commission considers the existing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
Budget 2015: Life costs more if you are disabled Partner content
Health
By Scope
Budget 2015: Life costs more if you are disabled
Disability charity, Scope, details what it expects, fears, and hopes for tomorrow's emergency budget. 
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Health
By Medical Defence Union
Dento-legal climate worsening says DDU
Dental professionals are facing a deluge of complaints and claims due to rising patient expectations and shortcomings with the current regulatory and legal structure, said the Dental Defence Union (DDU) today.
Budget 2015: NHS budget 'will soon run into new difficulties' if preventative care is not protected Partner content
Health
By Independent Age
Budget 2015: NHS budget 'will soon run into new difficulties' if preventative care is not protected
With 400,000 fewer people with care needs getting basic help, Independent Age calls for George Osborne to address the emergency situation of care in the UK. 
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
Health
By Baroness Lister
Child poverty is being erased from the political agenda
Baroness Lister challenges the Government’s position that 'work is the best route out of poverty', saying child poverty within working families is on the rise
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